DR-- Creativity, Flexibility and God's Love Overflowing!

Hey loved ones!

What an unbelievable couple of days it has been on "our" part of the world. From playing basketball under the hot sun all afternoon, to not having any running water, not being able to take showers and having to depend on church members' homes, to worship experiences that have transcended language and cultural barriers where God's love was/is overflowing!

We began Saturday with more preparation at Iglesia Bautista San Francisco de Macoris (Pastor Gabriel's church; YEC '06), a home-cooked Dominican breakfast (Mangu!) and an afternoon of playing basketball and football with young people from the church and the neighborhood. In the evening, (after joyfully hitting the showers thanks to the generosity of church members!) we experienced God through the worship and fellowship and were honored to be used to share His message of hope and redemption through testimonies, songs, and the Everything skit (which translated really well!).

The Sunday service was a bittersweet-- a celebration of God's faithfulness and truth and a sad time to say goodbye to part of our Dominican family that we've come to love, even in this brief time! Parents & friends, you should be proud at how flexible and willing your students have been even through the numerous changes-- no complaints or questions asked! Many of our Dominican brothers & sisters were impressed by their willingness to EAT anything given (and go for seconds!)... we certainly love our chefs!

After lunch meant we had to dash to Santiago for ministry in Los Santos where the students sang worship songs, performed their stomp & rap, played with neighborhood kids and where our very own Ken and Rob baptized 6 growing believers in front of numerous witnesses!

We just finished our water purification training with Marsha Davidson. Tomorrow we will be the 1st team to install this system in a neighborhood called La Canela. We will be working with teen leaders who will be the ones maintaining it to provide pure water for up to 1,000 people! Pray for us as we work to physically give clean water here and prayerwalk the neighborhoods to share LIVING water! We're excited and humbled to be a part of it all! Que bueno es Dios!